Post by: admin on December 31, 1969, 06:00:00 PM
Color: Blue/Yellow
Coverstock: Reactive
Core: 2-piece
Factory finish: Matte
Lane Conditions: Medium Oil
Post by: Ring 7 on July 19, 2002, 10:08:54 AM
This is a ball worth taking a look at. The Blade pearl is just as good or better!!
Post by: BowlPro on September 02, 2002, 11:10:58 AM
Ebonite again is showing us great effort to bring back great performance to the Hammer brand name! With the entry of (6) new hammer balls to start the season off, This Hammer, will be the best of the bunch!
The "Blade" Solid, has a mix of Old and New technology with the heart of this ball coming from the weight block design of the "Original" Black, Blue, & Burgunday Hammers of past! Ebonite has then "Added" a Flip Cap to the top of the ball creating more RGS which allows this ball to "Get threw the Heads" better and still have energy for the break point! This ball wants to get down the lane with ease and the strong reactive coverstock provides great traction for a strong turn and Hook!
Those of you who had "Hammer" products in the past Keep in mind, that the New Hammer Balls coming from Ebonite, CANNOT be compared to the Hammers of the past!
We drilled Our ball "Label Leverage" 2:00pin CG. in the palm area. The coverstock comes in a "Sheen" finish out of the box but is fully adjustable. Keep in mind that "Shell Adjustment" is the most important factor to getting the ball reaction that you want from any ball.
We were able to get on a pair of lanes that had just been Re-oiled on the heads for a second shift Mixed League coming in to bowl.
The lanes already had full shift on them earlier and this condition would give us a good amount of carry down and spotty middles.
We started out with the "Out of Box" finish and found the ball providing great traction and a strong controlled hook. As we rolled two complete games we found that this ball responded well to Our release changes and any different line we wanted to play to the pocket!
Hitting Power was Excellent! With this balls Controlled "Angular" move to the pocket we left very few corner pins during the two game work out.
We then made a trip to the ball spinner to apply some "Black Magic" Ball polish to see if we could get a different reaction and look. We went back to the same pair of lanes and immediately we found this ball wanted to "Turn the Corners" shaper and with more energy at the break point. We also found the "hit" and "Carry" increased a good amount. As we rolled two more complete games we found this ball to be "Friendly" yet "Strong"!
We are recommending this ball to bowlers who want a Excellent "First" ball out of the bag. For those bowlers who want an excellent league condition ball this one will fill the bag! Go ahead and drill this ball with any drilling pattern that you may choose! But we believe if you just let the power of this great weight block and coverstock combination do it job, you will have more than enough ball to be in play most of the time.
We believe the New Blade Solid is the "Best" of the bunch of all the new Ebonite Hammer entries! Those of you who call yourself "Hammer Heads", keep in mind that this is a New Age for Hammer! but we believe you won't be disappointed! Ebonite is getting the job done!
We are recommending this ball to all bowlers!
Please Keep in mind, that there are NO Magical Bowling balls! Just MAGICAL Bowlers!
BowlPro
www.discount-proshop.com
Post by: BuddiesProShopcom - Bill on September 05, 2002, 04:33:20 PM
I put the pin above his finger and kick the CG out a bit. About a 5 1/2" by 5" drilling for him. We left this ball out of the box to see what it would do.
The bowler used this ball on a first shift, house shot. The bowler started by playing around the 1st arrow and found out quickly that he would have to move deeper in on the lane. After about 3 or 4 shot, he was playing for 2nd arrow, out to 1st arrow. This ball would travel to about 40 feet and then give a strong move to the pocket. This was longer than the Diesel Solids that we test, but not as long as the Vicious Reactives that we tested. The Blade didn't lose any energy when it got to the pocket because it blew the rack.
I think that this is a great ball to start the day with and judge where to go from there. I think this is a great Benchmark ball for the Hammer line and would be a solid addition to anyone's bag. The surface is easy to adjust, and will allow it to fit into all bowler styles.
If you have any questions, please email me at Bill@BuddiesProShop.com
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Bill
BuddiesProShop.com
"The Place All Bowlers Shop"
Post by: smcneil33 on September 13, 2002, 12:21:57 PM
Post by: rayrevs on October 02, 2002, 06:53:31 PM
ray revs is outta here
Post by: Blade300 on October 04, 2002, 05:21:15 PM
Post by: BenLaughlin on October 13, 2002, 08:33:59 PM
Stand left, throw it right and yell nothing hits like a Hammer at your opponet.
I create more area with this ball than any other I have thrown in recent memory.
Very smooth threw the front with a big backend.
AWESOME
Post by: RevLefty on October 27, 2002, 10:14:47 AM
Specs: 16lb 2oz,pin 3-4in out. I drilled this ball in a stacked leverage drilling or a 45 degree drilling. Cg is about 6 in left of center of grip. pin is right below the ring finger and the balance hole is about 2in left of the cg on my axis.
Bowling Style: I am a lefty that averages 218-230 given the conditiion. I have many revolutions and throw the ball about 19-21mph. I throw hard and rev the ball alot. Works for me. Ican also slow it down and circle the lane if i have to but that isnt called for much.
Review: This ball is always the first out of my bag. I just used this in a king of the hill tournament friday and bowled a set of 279,233,229,299(left a 8 pin). With match games of 229,257,269. I love this ball but there has to be oil. You have a dry condition this ball will be in the opposite channel. This ball goes about half way down the lane and turns the corner. Usually play about 15-20 out to about 8-10 and back in. If i slow down my speed i can get inside 5th-6th arrow but how often does a lefty need that camon. I leave more 8's and 9's with this ball than i do corners. Coverstock is really easy to change to get the reation you are looking for I left mine in the out of the box sheen. Thinking about drilling another for a little more length and harder turn on the back with a polish,if i do i will post that review as well. I recommend this ball to anyone looking for a little more to ad to their game. Keep up the good work Hammer/Ebonite. Give this ball 9 out 10.
Post by: bplaser on November 04, 2002, 03:18:19 PM
Post by: Ron Ware on November 11, 2002, 01:29:58 PM
POLISHED: This is the closest thing I've seen which can totally eliminate my 7 pins (I'm a lefty). I feel most confident when I can get lined up with this ball shined up. Have you ever had that feeling when you're ready to take on the whole world??? This is IT!
You may have to still put it away if the lanes are moving too much on the backend since even in its polished state, the ball will "jump" when it hits the dry. This ball's reaction and hit is so devastating you will get the urge to hold on to it too long when you know you have to get a more tame ball out.
DULL: It's hard to envision when I can throw this ball dull but I decided to keep its companion. Just in case for those sport type conditions or when there's a lot of under/over where I need to toss it a little harder. Its effectiveness doesn't last as long as the particle ball but it gets the job done on the short term when you need that big third game for the brackets!
From what I've seen out there, this Hammer is the best value compared to price and its superb hitting power!
Post by: tomtom123 on December 26, 2002, 10:39:14 PM
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Post by: all55 on April 25, 2003, 07:12:38 PM
i threw my high series of the year a 781 a cold 8 pin blew my 800 and 300
in the last game that is my only complaint it hooks and keeps hooking i even had to polish the piss out of it oh ya hammer has a damn fat ass!!!
Post by: stormfanken on June 27, 2003, 11:55:18 PM
Post by: G_Dawg on September 19, 2003, 01:50:05 PM
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Post by: Deadbait on October 03, 2003, 04:37:36 AM
Post by: The Lurker on November 30, 2003, 07:59:48 PM
The ball started off to be very hard to figure out. I didn't have to try and make it hook it just did. I would either hook it too much or it would burn up and roll out. Well now I have it figured out! p.s. I love it!
My regular line was not working for me, standing at 20 and trowing up ten is my saftey game and I move from there. I have found that the ball for my game works best moving farther in and throwing over the tird arrow out and breaking at 8.
The ball rolls extremely well. The way the ball is colored helps me figure out if I messed up at the release. It's easy to read the side roll and rev rate. I reads the mids extremely well and doesn't get caught up in the heads. Once it does get to the mids it will be easy to tell what it do at the break point. If you throw it well it will not exactly flip, but it will just turn hard and kinda pimp slap the pins (it was like an extra little move in the back end right before entry into the pocket).
The ball reved up nicely for me and has become a bench mark ball for me to figure out the lanes. The tell tale sign to put it away for me is what it does in the mids. If the ball will not push out to 8 for me after a couple of moves, but still has some back end I go to my polished pearl ball (Stinger 2-piece). If it goes out to 8 but doesn't make a move or a weak move then I go to my V2 particle.
The hit on the ball is awesome. Solid pocket hit, sound like a hammer cracking a cinder block in half. Light hit also carry well. I don't go left of the head pin much with it, but sometime the ball will go to high and tend to leave the 3-6-10 and the 3-6-9-10. Not so many corner leaves but I have seen more stone 9's with it.
I think the ball is comparable in hit to the Monster SmashR (one of the hardest hitting balls I have seen, the Blade has it beat or just even), but the move is more predictable and not as early.
I have not been as impressed with a ball since I first threw the Stinger 2-Piece pearl (my favorite ball). Just an awesome ball that lives up to the "Nothing Hit Like a Hammer" mantra.
-The Lurker
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Consistantly inconsistant.
Post by: Postel on December 18, 2003, 03:33:35 PM
Ball rolls so smooth that it couldn't miss. I wanted a ball to roll very smooth and still have some sort have control and this ball was recommended w/this drilling so it would do what I had asked.
First of 2 Hammer products for me and probably won't be my last.
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That is all,
Postel
Post by: river rat on February 02, 2004, 06:49:05 PM
This is my first "high tech" ball. Told the guy who drilled it my bowling style and he drilled her up for me. First night I threw a 716 with it. The next two weeks were 646-625. Originally did not have thumb plug put in. Had driller guy put one in on 625 night. This past week I threw a 780. My first game was a 203 and I left five ten pins. I then proceeded to throw 22 of my next 24 balls for strikes, 17 in a row at one point. 279 second game followed by a 298. All this from a guy who had never strung more than seven in a row and never even had a sniff of a 300 game or 800 series. Is it the man or the ball. Of course, I love this ball and look forward to bowling every week now. If you used to use Hammer products, go back to them, they got something.
PS-average with OLD BLUE was 198- 230 for one month with THE BLADE. In reality, if your throwing at your home lanes, I would say averaging 220-230 in this day and age would be comparable to a 200 average 15 years ago. So don't chest thump if your average is around 200 with all this new ball technology.
PSS- I can shoot spares too. (unlike these young guy's who are spoiled by these balls) THE RAT.
Post by: g_thing on October 11, 2004, 12:34:43 AM
Overall, I loved this ball. Though it wasn't my oil ball, it did handle the oil, just from a different line. Most of the time I played somewhere around 18 out to 10 or so. If needed, ball played just fine straight up 5 or so.
The one thing that I loved, and hated, about the ball was the backend. I found the ball easy to handle most of the conditions. The only one I had issues with was the carry down as once this was able to grab, the snap was too much at times and being past the break, many a washout was the result. That's when it was time to be put down for a little while.
Never really played with the cover either. Matte finish on the ball was perfectly suited for what I was dealing with. Now, I just wish I could get another one that felt good. This review is based on what I had for 16lb. Need a 15lb now!!
Overall, great ball!! Loved it...and still do.
Post by: bOwLiNgPiMp243 on November 26, 2004, 04:03:53 PM
Lane Conditions: Medium-Heavy Oil
Typical Conditions: House Shot
Type of Lane: All Synthetic
What part of the lane did you play? Second Arrow
Did the ball track out? Normal
Weight of bowling ball: 13
Surface of bowling ball: Sanded
What grit was the surface of the ball? 800
Likes: This was my first start out ball and it did me well as my first hook ball, it got me some good scores....
Dislikes: Not for high speeds, good for slower speeds
IT WAS OKAY!
Post by: storm killer on March 02, 2005, 02:07:53 AM
also I am a stroker that throws from 10 out to 5 and back to head pin.
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